Wagon-bolster



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d WAGON HOLSTER,

No. 548,756. Y Patented Oc1'..29,1895.-

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 548,756, datedOctober 29, 1895.

Application ned .April 17. 18952 of the United States, residing at Galesvillein the county of Trempealeau and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Running-Gear for lVagons, is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements inV running-gear for wagons. g

The object of the present invention is to im prove the construction of running-gear for wagons, more especially the holsters and standards, and to enable a bolster to be readily adjusted in its attachment to the rear hounds, so as to accommodate itself tothe varying distances between the hounds.

` Another object of the invention is to provide a standard of great strength and durability, to enable the saine to be suliciently light, and to cause supplemental standards for supporting top boxes to lie close to the sides of a top box to hold the latter perfectly snug. e Y Y Y p The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement vof parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in lthe accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspectivev view of a portion of a bolster constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, illustrating the manner of mounting the rear bolster. Fig. 3 is a reverse plan view of the front bolster. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the standard. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the hound-plate. Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view of the bolster, illustrating the manner of mounting the standard thereon.-

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 and 2 designate front and rear holsters, each constructed of malleable metal and consisting of a top-supporting flange, avbottom ange, and a longitudinal connecting-web, and the bolster is supported at intervals by vertical ribs 3. on the lower face of its bottom flange t with depending transverse ribs 5, forming a recess receiving a reach 6, mounted on a rear axle 7.

' At points intermediate ofthe ends of the rear of which the following The rear bolster is provided4 sein no. 546.654.' or@ man bolster at opposite sides ofthe center are located vertical slots 8, receiving bolts 9, which pass through the`bolster, the axle 7, and rear hounds 10, and these bolts serve for adjustably securing thehound-pl'ates 1l to the lower face of the bolster. Each hound-plate is pro` flange 13 with a central enlargement 14, forming a bearing and adapted to receive the pivotbolt of the front axle.

At each end of each bolster is secured a vertical hollow standard 15, having a straight face 16 at its inner side to it against the box or wagon-body. The standard is provided at its bottom with an integral plate, 17,'having a rounded outer end to conform to the configuration of the rounded end of the bol- Vster and provided with a depending flange 18, forming with the plate 17 a cap for the end of the bolster. The plate 17 extends inward from the standard'l onthe bolster to a point over the adjacent hound and the side flanges 18 depend below the upper face of the bolster sufficiently to form a firm support for the standard. This construction also enables the standard to be applied to both metal and wooden holsters. The cap is secured to the top ange of the bolster by bolts 19, arranged at the outer end of the cap and at opposite Vsides of the standard, and ,the latter is supported by an integral brace 20, extending,r upward from the outer portion of the cap and joining the standard at a point intermediate of the ends thereof. The standard is hollow and forms a socket for an additional standard or stake to support an upper box, and it will be apparent that the additional standard or stake is adapted to tit snugly against the sides of the top box to hold the same perfectly tight.

The standard may be provided at its sides with openings to reduce the amount of metal, and the webs of the holsters may be similarly constructed, and the inclined brace 2O forms telef/5e a convenient means for attaching the end 'of a binding-chain (not shown) When it is desired to secure a high load.

It Will be seen that the bolsters and standards are simple and inexpensive in their construction, that they possess the requisite strength, durability, and lightness, and that the rear bolster is capable of being readily applied to hounds separated by varying distances.

Changes in the forni, proportion, andthe minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

What I claim is- The combination vof a bolster constructed of metal and consisting 'of a top iiange, a bottom iange and a connecting longitudinal Web,and provided equi-distant 'of its ends with vertical slots 8, the standards provided at their bottoms With caps composed of a plate extending inward on the upper face of the bolster to the adjacent slot, and a depending flange extending around the outer and side edges of the plate, the adjustable plates 11 arranged on the ,I KINSEY JONES. Witnesses:

J. F. CANOE, A. O. BoHRNsTED'r. 

